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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the personal name Rosso, a nickname for someone with red hair, a red beard, or a ruddy complexion, from rosso ‘red’.
  • Greek (Rossos) : ethnic name from Rōssos ‘Russian’.

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